Doll-head.



No. 720,703. PATENTEDFEB. 17, 1903.

' 0. KRAMPE. v

DOLL HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED 0073.27, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO KRAMPE, OF soHAL'KsMHLE, GERMANY.

DOLL-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 720,703, dated February17, 1903.

Application filed October 27| 1902. Serial No. 129,046. (No model.)4

To ttZZ whom t mayconoern:

Be it known that I, OTTO KRAMPE, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,and a resident of Schalksm iihle,Westphalia, Germany, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Doll-Heads, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to doll-heads, and particularly to that class ofdoll-heads which have the eyes arranged so as to automatically open andclose by gravity as the position of the head is changed.

My invention consists in the arrangement of a device for locking theeyes or lids in the opened or closed position. This device is intendednot to be operated by the child, but by others for the purpose of makingthe child think that the doll has fallen asleep and baby must go to bedor that the doll is broad awake and baby must now get up quickly.

My invention lis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a dolls head With my improvement in vertical section. Fig. 2shows a partial cross-section. Figs. 3 to 5 illustrate details on anenlarged scale.

In the construction of my invention I arrange the usual pieces a,carrying on their front sides the pupils b and the lid portions c, atthe forward end of an oscillating lever e, which has its pivot on across-bar d, as shown, and has secured to its other end thecounterweight f, as all this is well known in such like doll-heads. Forlocking the lever e in position I use a small arm Z, which is pivotallymounted in the following manner: A l'shaped metal-sheet piece g issecured to the inside of the doll-heads wall Zo and limits the levermotion by its lower projection h, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig.l. The upper projection o' of the saidpiece g, which enters a recesswithinl the wall Za, carries the locking-arm Z, which latter is held inposition by a spring-acting side extension m of said projection t',which extension is bent over so as to press upon the arm Z, which hasits pivot o received within a hole at in said extension m. Now it willbe clear that the locking-arm Z, which extends on the rear side of thehead u nder the hair only and is provided with a small knob p, may beconveniently reversed for locking the lever e in position, as shown, forexample, in Fig. l. Finally, it may be noted that the construction of mydevice may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention, as clearly stated hereinbefore.

Having now described my invention, I declare that what I claim isl. Inan improvement in doll-heads, the combination of an oscillatingeye-lever operated by gravity and means for locking said lever inposition, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In an improvement in doll-heads, the combination of a doll-head, alever oscillating therein, pieces at the forward end of said 1evercarrying eye and lid portions, a counterweight at the other end of saidlever and an arm adapted to lock and unlock said lever, substantially asdescribed.

OTTO KRAMPE.

Witnesses:

OTTO KNIG, J. A. RITTERsHAUs.

